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Controller problems

  • 17-04-2010 2:56pm
    #1
    kellsred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭


    Neither of my 2 dualshock controllers will work unless they are wired to the ps3 via the usb quickcharge cable.
    When I press the PS button, the 4 leds flash for a few seconds, then go out.
    Both of them work fine when they are plugged in.
    I have tried resetting them with the recessed button on the back of the controller, but no joy.

    Has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas on how I fix it?


Comments

  • #2
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,372 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Are they genuine controller or from eBay or similar?
    There are DualShock clones being sold that look identical but don't work unless connected bu USB.


  • #3
    kellsred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭kellsred


    ongarite wrote: »
    Are they genuine controller or from eBay or similar?
    There are DualShock clones being sold that look identical but don't work unless connected bu USB.
    100% genuine.
    One came with the console, which I have for just over a year, and the other I bought in Tesco about 5 months ago.
    Both worked fine up until last night. Was using the ps3 last weekend with no issues, when I tried to turn it on with the controller last night it would not work until it was plugged in.
    Don't think it's a battery issue either. I definitely remember there being 2 bars left on the controller when I switched it off last weekend. Plus it would hardly happen to the 2 of them simultaneously!


  • #4
    HyperSkypeWiper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 536 ✭✭✭HyperSkypeWiper


    Have you ever let the battery run out completely?


  • #5
    kellsred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭kellsred


    HyperSkypeWiper wrote: »
    Have you ever let the battery run out completely?
    No, I'd always plug it in when the warning comes up on screen, and use the other one.


  • #6
    HyperSkypeWiper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 536 ✭✭✭HyperSkypeWiper


    kellsred wrote: »
    No, I'd always plug it in when the warning comes up on screen, and use the other one.

    Ok, just 'cause I heard that if you let it run out, it won't work wirelessly anymore


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  • #7
    HyperSkypeWiper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 536 ✭✭✭HyperSkypeWiper


    hey people, i just had this problem, dont know what caused it. my 2 controllers wouldnt connect unless they were plugged in via USB.
    i pressed the reset button (tiny hole on the back of the remote, above the sticker) with a pin and the controller turned off, then i pressed the PS button and they connected again :]
    hope this helped

    Try this


  • #8
    potsy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 205 ✭✭potsy86


    that happened me before dunno how i think restoreing factory settings (not system restore) works and re sync them


  • #9
    kellsred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭kellsred


    Ver weird.
    I was going to reset the ps3, took it upstairs and set it up to do it. And the controllers were working again!
    I think it is something to do with the wireless in the house, it turns out there is problems with it all week that I wasn't aware of.
    Thanks for the suggestions.


  • #10
    Lurching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭Lurching


    kellsred wrote: »
    Ver weird.
    I was going to reset the ps3, took it upstairs and set it up to do it. And the controllers were working again!
    I think it is something to do with the wireless in the house, it turns out there is problems with it all week that I wasn't aware of.
    Thanks for the suggestions.

    It was probably the fact that you powered off the PS3 completely, thats how I fixed the same problem before.


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